Unusual minerals such as bastnasite, cerite, euxenite, gadolinite, and all elements of the lanthanide series (Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium and so forth through Lutium). Often used in such applications as the making of ceramic glazes, glassmaking, glass-polishing abrasives, catalysts for petroleum refining, projection-tube phosphors and laser construction among other things.
Rare Elements are a Planetary Resource that can be extracted from a Rare Elements Mine, if they are listed on the Planet's Geological Survey (GEO), or converted from Raw Resources on any Planet using a Stripmining Complex.
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